Apparatus and method for displaying information
AssigneeJaguar Land Rover Limited
InventorsRobert Hardy, Sebastian Paszkowicz, Lee Skrypchuk
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a display method for use in vehicle, comprising obtaining information (step 210) associated with a vehicle or image data for a region ahead of the vehicle, and displaying (step 230) one or more of a graphical representation of at least one component of the vehicle having one or more characteristics based on the information associated with the vehicle, or a representation of the image data, wherein the representation is arranged to overlie a portion of the vehicle (320) to be indicative of a portion of the vehicle being at least partly transparent.
Claims14
A display method for use in a vehicle, comprising:
- obtaining image data for a region ahead of the vehicle from one or more cameras mounted at a front of the vehicle lower than a plane of a bonnet of the vehicle;
- processing the image data to introduce a delay into at least a portion of the image data, wherein the image data is obtained from one or more further cameras;
- displaying a representation of the image data, wherein the displayed representation is indicative of a view obscured by the vehicle;
- combining delayed image data obtained from said one or more cameras with real-time image data obtained from said one or more further cameras to form a unitary image data stream;
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- displaying a representation of the unitary image data stream, wherein the displayed representation is indicative of a view obscured by the vehicle, and wherein the portion of the unitary image data stream corresponding to delayed image data is indicative of a view generally beneath the vehicle.
A display apparatus for use with a vehicle, comprising:
- a display arranged to display information such that the displayed information is indicative of a view obscured by the vehicle;
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- a processor arranged to:
- receive image data for a region ahead of the vehicle from one or more cameras mounted at a front of the vehicle lower than a plane of a bonnet of the vehicle,
- process the image data to introduce a delay into at least a portion of the image data,
- obtain image data from one or more further cameras,
- combine delayed image data obtained from said one or more cameras with real-time image data obtained from said one or more further cameras to form a unitary image data stream, and
- cause the display to display a representation of the unitary image data stream, wherein the displayed representation is indicative of a view obscured by the vehicle, and wherein the portion of the unitary image data stream corresponding to delayed image data is indicative of a view generally beneath the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.